The new campaign was jointly organised by NMCP, Ghana Health Service and UNICEF.

Giving a break down on how malaria is taking a huge toll on businesses, Dr Malm said Ghanaian businesses spent an average of 0.5 per cent of the annual corporate returns on the treatment of malaria on employees and their dependents, 0.3 per cent on malaria prevention, and 0.5% on other health-related corporate social responsibilities.

She therefore called on Ghanaian businesses to ensure employees use Insecticide Bed Nets, as well as support communities around them on how to effectively deal with malaria.

Statistics in 2014 have revealed that 8.4 million cases of Out Patients Department cases (OPD) were recorded accounting for 30 per cent of all OPD cases, 27.9 per cent of admissions and 7.2 per cent of deaths.

Dr Malm has therefore urged all and sundry, particularly school children to sleep under an Insecticide Treated Bed Net in order to fight malaria.

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